en français ci-bas [Rivière Trois-Pistoles, Québec] The second creative project within the artivist residency at l’Auberge de la grève in Rivière Trois-Pistoles (aka Tobin) is Textilográfica con La Brigada MTL. During the residency, I am preparing all the elements for a banner-making street performance in La Comuna de Pedro Aguirre Cerda, a working-class neighbourhood of Santiago de Chile known for its opposition to injustices. My performance is scheduled within Resistance in Urban Peripheries, Street Art Action segment of Encuentro: eX-céntrico: dissidence, sovereignties, performance.

Textilográfica is a performance of solidarity with the people of Santiago and particularly with the residents of La Comuna de Pedro Aguirre Cerda against gentrification. In my Montréal neighbourhood of Petite-Patrie, predatory speculators are buying buildings for profit. They kick long-time residents out of their homes, forcing them to move away from their communities. These same speculators transform apartments into condominiums that locals cannot afford.

Dans l’atelier de couture / In the sewing room.

With the assistance of passersby, we will make a banner with the slogan of their choosing that I will leave behind for the community to use.

So far, I’ve made a series of stencils of the entire Spanish alphabet. I’ve also sewn several strips of textile into banners that I will bring with me to Santiago. The script is also being written and Spanish lessons are scheduled every two days while I’m at l’Auberge.

Next week, I will rehearse a version of the performance with the residents of the Auberge to create a banner with them that they can keep and use when they want.